[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 128 (Thursday, July 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39901-39902]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16877]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Army


Availability for Non-Exclusive, Exclusive, or Partially Exclusive 
Licensing of U.S. Patent Application Concerning Continuous Aimpoint 
Tracking System

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with 37 CFR 404.6 and 404.7, announcement is 
made of the availability for licensing of U.S. Patent Application No. 
101/103,748, titled ``Continuous Aimpoint Tracking System'' and filed 
on March 22, 2002. The United States Government, as represented by the 
Secretary of the Army, has rights in this invention.

ADDRESSES: Commander, U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, ATTN: 
Operations of Research Technology Applications, AMSAM-RD-AS-TI-HI, 
Redstone Arsenal, AL 35898-5000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Kelly McGuire at telephone 256/
876-8743 or e-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Continuous Aimpoint Tracking System is 
comprised of a position detection device (PDD) and a laser pointing 
device (LDP) that projects an infrared crosshair onto the PDD. The PDD 
is coupled to a computer and comprises a multitude of photodiodes and 
associated circuits, the photodiodes being evenly spaced and arranged 
to form a frame that can be mounted on the computer so as to surround 
the computer video display. When a ``shot'' is fired from the LPD, the 
crosshair projection is interrupted briefly. The PDD determines the 
position of the four crosshair intersections and reports them to the 
computer which, in response, generates the video signals that form the 
resolved aimpoint on the screen, matching the LPD aimpoint to the video 
image. Further, the tracking system determines the rotation of the LPD 
over a range of

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at least 10 degrees clockwise or counter-clockwise.

Luz D. Ortiz,
Army Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-16877 Filed 7-2-03; 8:45 am]
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